Garden Decor: Kaleidoscope Obelisk and Tomato Cage
I came across these pieces in my Internet travels and loved how the addition of the colored glass dresses up what could be a fairly utilitarian piece of garden equipment. Continue Reading
A Gardener’s Notebook: The Guilty Gardener – 3 in a series – Galvanized pipe doesn’t last forever
A Gardener’s Notebook: The Guilty Gardener – 3 in a series – Galvanized pipe doesn’t last forever Douglas E. Welch Forgive me for a moment… Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Ok, Continue Reading
How to Build a Raised Bed with Benches via Bonnie Plants
How to Build a Raised Bed with Benches via Bonnie Plants This half-day project makes gardening easier and more comfortable. It’s higher than most raised beds, so you don’t have Continue Reading
Reading – Raised Bed Revolution: Build It, Fill It, Plant It … Garden Anywhere by Tara Nolan – 9 in a series
I’ll be highlighting books that I am reading (or re-reading) on all sorts of topics this year — Douglas Reading – Raised Bed Revolution: Build It, Fill It, Plant It … Continue Reading
Garden Hacks: 10 Ideas for Wire Cloches via Gardenista
I have been looking at something like this to protect our strawberries from various prowling animals like squirrels and such. This article provides links to a host of different cloches Continue Reading
DIY: How to Build a Raised Garden Bed via Mother Earth News
Here is an excellent and detailed article on building raised beds for your own garden. Be sure to bookmark this for future reference. You’re going to want it eventually. — Continue Reading
14 Garden Arbor | Douglas E. Welch Holiday Gift Guide 2017
See all the 2017 Gift Guide Entries 14 Garden Arbor From Douglas… We have been meaning to get a trellis for the Lady Bank’s Rose in the front garden for Continue Reading
04 Garden Cloches | Douglas E. Welch Holiday Gift Guide 2017
Since so many people order their gifts online and ahead of time, I’ve decided to start my annual Gift Guide fairly early this year. This should allow you to find Continue Reading
Tower Garden spotted in Stephens College Cafeteria
It was cool to spot this Tower Garden (2 of them, in fact) in the cafeteria of Stephens College on a recent visit to Columbia, Missouri for the Citizen Jane Continue Reading
In the garden…New Obelisk for the Clytostoma
Finally — I know I use that word a lot — I was finally able to locate and install a new, steel frame, obelisk so the clytostoma vine wasn’t flopping Continue Reading